Central Square in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.4912, -71.1506
- Elevation
- 44 m above sea level
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 637 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central Square, Massachusetts, United States
What follows is the current local time in Central Square, Massachusetts, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Central Square, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Central Square
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Central Square keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:01 AM Solar noon 12:31 PM Sunset 6:01 PM Daylight 11 h 01 min Night 12 h 59 min Civil twilight 6:32 AM – 6:30 PM
Weather in Central Square right now
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Central Square and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 13036
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Massachusetts
- Boston 653 833
- South Boston 571 281
- Worcester 206 518
- Springfield 154 341
- Lowell 110 699
- Cambridge 110 402
Other places named Central Square
- Central Square New York, United States
- Central Square Pennsylvania, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- North Woburn — 2.0 km
- Montvale — 2.6 km
- South Wilmington — 2.7 km
- Stoneham — 4.4 km
- Reading Highlands — 4.9 km
- Shaker Glen — 5.7 km
Central Square: clock, sun and surroundings
The day begins at Central Square with sunrise at 7:01 AM and ends with sunset at 6:01 PM. Daylight totals 11 h 01 min.
Close to Central Square, the towns of North Woburn and Montvale show the same time.
Central Square includes 1 postal code.
Clocks across Central Square run on America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Central Square?
- Yes, Central Square uses America/New_York, whose offset is −4.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Central Square?
- Daylight saving time in Central Square: Yes.
- When does light leave Central Square?
- Light leaves at 6:01 PM.